title: Workshop report on atomic bomb dosimetry-residual radiation exposure: recent research and suggestions for future studies.
abstract: There is a need for accurate dosimetry for studies of health effects in the Japanese atomic bomb survivors because of the important role that these studies play in worldwide radiation protection standards. International experts have developed dosimetry systems, such as the Dosimetry System 2002 (DS02), which assess the initial radiation exposure to gamma rays and neutrons but only briefly consider the possibility of some minimal contribution to the total body dose by residual radiation exposure. In recognition of the need for an up-to-date review of the topic of residual radiation exposure in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, recently reported studies were reviewed at a technical session at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society in Sacramento, California, 22-26 July 2012. A one-day workshop was also held to provide time for detailed discussion of these newer studies and to evaluate their potential use in clarifying the residual radiation exposures to the atomic-bomb survivors at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Suggestions for possible future studies are also included in this workshop report.
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117, USA. George.Kerr@orau.org
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Egbert
authors.forename: Isaf
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Nabulsi
authors.forename: Harold L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Harry M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cullings
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: Dean C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Glen I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ruehm
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Spriggs
authors.forename: Daniel O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Stram
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tonda
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Weitz
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008017:Life Expectancy; D054043:Nuclear Weapons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis; D011853:Radiobiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D011874:Radiometry; D058028:Research Report; D012306:Risk; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis; D017741:Survivors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D011868:Radioisotopes